Genus Cylindromyia

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Phasiinae

Tribe Cylindromyiini

Genus Cylindromyia

Numbers

15 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area(1)

Identification

Small or medium-sized, brightly-colored tachinids that visit flowers. Have distinctive cylindrical abdomen with dark reddish spots. Legs dark. Compare Xanthomelanodes.

Range

most of NA; several spp. transcontinental, but tend to be more diverse in the west(1)

Habitat

common flower visitor in open weedy areas

Season

throughout summer

Food

recorded hosts include various Pentatomidae, some moths, and unidentified Acrididae(1)

Print References

Aldrich, J. M. 1926. North American two-winged flies of the genus Cylindromyia Meigen (Ocyptera of authors). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 68(23):1-26.

Works Cited

1.	Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 January, 2005 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 12 November, 2011 - 6:27pm

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